Victorian Legislative Council election, 1952

Elections were held in the Australian state of Victoria on Saturday 21 June 1952 to elect 17 of the 34 members of the state's Legislative Council. This election was the first following the abolition of property qualifications for voting in the Legislative Council.

Results

Legislative Council

Victorian Legislative Council election, 21 June 1952[1]
Legislative Council
<< 1949–1955 >>

Enrolled voters 1,395,460
Votes cast 994,192 Turnout 71.2 +23.3
Informal votes 22,595 Informal 2.3 +0.8
Summary of votes by party
Party Primary votes % Swing Seats
won		 Seats
held
  Liberal and Country 361,733 37.2 −5.9 1 10
  Labor 361,013 37.2 +15.2 11 15
  Country 106,864 11.0 −17.4 4 8
  Other 141,987 14.6 +7.0 1 1
Total 971,597     17 34

Retiring Members

Labor

Liberal and Country

Candidates

Sitting members are shown in bold text. Successful candidates are highlighted in the relevant colour. Where there is possible confusion, an asterisk (*) is also used.

Province Held by Labor candidates LCP candidates Country candidates Other candidates
 
BallaratLCPJack JonesJames Kittson
BendigoLCPArthur SmithSir George Lansell
Doutta GallaLaborPaul Jones
East YarraLCPGeorge HannanSir Clifden Eager (Ind)
GippslandCountryHenry HarveyMac StewardTrevor Harvey
HiginbothamLCPArthur WarnerGrace Stratton (Ind)
MelbourneLaborPat Sheehy
Melbourne NorthLaborArchibald Fraser
Melbourne WestLaborBert BaileyAlexander Dobbin (CPA)
MonashLCPThomas BrennanAlfred Wilde
NorthernCountryWollaston HeilyDudley Walters
North EasternCountryRobert VrolandIvan Swinburne
North WesternCountryRobert LintonPercy Byrnes
SouthernLCPRoy RawsonAlbert PennellHarold Harvie (Ind)
South EasternLCPGeorge TilleyJohn RossiterCyril Isaac (Ind)
South WesternLCPDon FergusonEdward MontgomeryKeith McGarvie (Ind)
WesternCountryDavid ArnottRobert RankinErnest Walliker

See also

References

  1. ↑ Carr, Adam. "Victorian Legislative Council election of 21 June 1952". Psephos.
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